Bloomberg reports that the United Transformers Electric Company of Saudi Arabia, and the Turkish unit of Siemens AG, have signed contracts to supply transformers to Iraq. United Transformers (UTEC) will provide 1,250 units with a total capacity of 400 kilovolts for $11.6 million, while Siemens Turkey will provide another 1,250 with a total capacity of […]
Local government in Basra province announced that a new gas-powered electricity station with a capacity of 500 MW will soon be built in Najibia region in the north of the province. Technical deputy Munthir Niema told NMC that the cost of the station will depend on petro-dollar balance, and its output will be used for […]
Iraq will soon ask for bids on projects to install and run 22 gas turbines that could boost its power generating capacity by 30 percent in the next few years, an official from the Ministry of Electricity said on Tuesday. Reuters reports that the ministry plans to ask companies to build plants in four provinces, […]
The Iraqi Industry Ministry has ordered its factories to work on generating electricity required for production, to minimize the load on the national electricity network. The ministry noted that power shortage is causing losses to its factories. “The ministry has issued contracts to purchase large generators for this purpose,” the ministry said in a press […]
